Lost Touch In 1988
As already highlighted in Part 1 of this blog series here, morally duplicitous Michelle Diskin Bates has told numerous differing stories over the years.
In 2018 she stated that her and her brother Barry George had “lost touch” by 1988, as is evidenced by her following statements;
Having moved to Ireland, it was rare for me to travel back to London.
Fares were prohibitive, especially if you were travelling with children, so the next time I recall meeting up with Barry was in 1988 when I brought my two children to stay with Mum in London.
Sadly, Barry and I lost touch after this
Excerpts by Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
However by the following year, a 2019 premier christianity magazine article written by Megan Cornell here, had reduced these twelve years down to “almost ten years”.
Excerpts read;
“I heard the name Barry Bulsara and I knew that Barry used that as an email address…I thought: how many of them can there be?”
She called her mum, who was in England, and her worst fears were confirmed: her brother, whom she hadn’t seen for almost ten years, was the main suspect in Britain’s most high-profile murder case.
Excerpts by Megan Cornell for premier christianity magazine article headed ‘My brother was wrongly convicted of murdering Jill Dando’ dated 19th March 2019
Referring to when she allegedly visited her brother in prison in 1983, following his rape of a 20 year-old student (Read more here) Michelle Diskin Bates stated;
I’m afraid he was given quite a tough time from me; he didn’t enjoy that visit one bit
But I think it needs to be understood that Barry is like a nine-year-old boy living in an adult’s body.
These things should not happen, and he knows right from wrong, but at the same time, he has a whole host of disabilities
Michelle Diskin Bates via a 2019 premier christianity magazine article
£80,000 Newspaper Deal Brokered By Surjit Singh Clair
Referring to when Barry George left custody on the 1st August 2008, following his retrial, Michelle Diskin Bates stated;
He left prison with absolutely nothing as a result: no compensation, no home to return to…. and with no belongings.
The entire contents of his flat had been disposed of without consultation with Barry or his family
Michelle Diskin Bates
In reality Surjit Singh Clair, who was referred to in Part 16 here and Part 18 here had brokered an apparent £80,000 newspaper deal for Barry George.
This money was paid to Barry George fairly quickly by all accounts.
Megan Cornell also stated;
The Miscarriage of Justice support services (part of Citizens Advice) helped Barry to find emergency accommodation and purchase the essentials, but as media scrutiny and intrusion continued, in the end, Michelle supported a move to Ireland.
Excerpts by Megan Cornell
Barry George stayed in a hotel on the night of 8th August 2008 – which was the day he was released from custody.
He then travelled with his sister Michelle and mother Margaret Bourke to Southsea in Portsmouth, where they met up for a meal with innocence fraud killer Sion Jenkins and his wife Tina.
From Portsmouth they headed over to the Isle of Wight, where they stayed in the Farringford house hotel.
After “thirteen days” on the Isle of Wight, Michelle and Barry dropped their mother Margaret off in London then the pair of them travelled to Ireland.
Ireland, Irish Passport & The £310 A Week Flat In Hackney
Referring to when they arrived in Ireland after their trip to the Isle of Wight, Michelle Diskin Bates stated;
Barry was entitled to an Irish passport because Mum was Irish by birth, so we applied, receiving it quickly, much to Barry’s dismay.
He was certain that his name alone would ensure he was turned down.
Then he was worried the media would highlight that he had an Irish passport and the police would take it away.
Barry so wanted to start his free life, but he felt he’d never be allowed to.
He was afraid that if he returned to Britain, the police would pick him up on trumped-up charges and he would disappear without a trace.
On one such trip back to London, he was meeting up with his friend and QC Ian Glen at a central London coffee shop, when he was stopped and searched for no reason.
Ian witnessed the officers stopping Barry, although he wasn’t doing anything, and wasn’t behaving in a worrying or threatening way.
They left when Barry pointed Ian out to them.
Why, then, was he being harassed in the street?
We believe it was the conviction for the murder of Jill Dando.
Barry had been put under a Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement order, or a MAPPA order, whilst still in prison.
Barry took a case against this decision but lost, having to pay the costs himself.
Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
What Exactly Did The MOJ Support Services Do?
An 18th August 2008 article for the Irish Times by Olivier Kelleher here stated “Michelle Diskin (51) flew into Cork Airport at lunchtime yesterday..”.
However Barry George didn’t have a passport so he and his sister travelled to Ireland by bus.
Michelle Diskin Bates stated;
Our journey to Cork took twenty-four hours from Leeds through to Ballincollig.
It was a nerve-wracking marathon expedition.
It’s just an hour’s plane trip away, but I couldn’t take Barry by plane because he had no passport.
Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
A 2010 article by Mark Hughes stated that Barry George lived in a £310 a week flat in Hackney but his article is not clear when exactly this was or for how long.
Excerpts read;
Upon his release he lived in a flat in Hackney which cost him £310 a week in rent.
He paid for it not, as was suggested, by claiming benefits, but by using the proceeds he was paid to do a tabloid interview on the day of his release (the one which described him as “bug-eyed” and an “oddball”).
Excerpts from an article by Mark Hughes for the Independent article headed Barry George: ‘I am not angry, certainly not at society. But I would use the word disgusted‘ dated 31st May 2010
If Barry George stayed in a hotel on the night he was released from custody in August 2008 and then travelled to Portsmouth and onto the Isle of Wight for thirteen days, then travelled to Ireland to obtain an Irish passport.
What exactly did the miscarriage of justice support services help Barry George with?
What “emergency accommodation” was required if Barry George had rented a flat?
Mass Murderers & Child Killers Michael Stone & Jeremy Bamber
Megan Cornell’s 2019 premier christianity article went on to state;
As for Michelle, she now attends All Party Parliamentary Groups in parliament to advise on miscarriages of justice and share her story, but she’s humble about her role:
“I have never felt that I have enough knowledge to look at somebody’s case and say: ‘Oh, clear miscarriage of justice’
Excerpts by Megan Cornell for premier christianity magazine article dated 19th March 2019
As already stated in Part 2 of this blog series here, Michelle Diskin Bates is a ‘patron’ to mass murderer, child killer and rapist Jeremy Bamber’s spin campaign.
On the 6th of February 2022, using one of her numerous social media accounts, “humble” Michelle Diskin Bates made the following statement in support of psychopathic killer Michael Stone;
Serial killer Levi Bellfield has recently admitted he apparently received a £5,000 payment for admitting to Michael Stone’s murders. Read more here
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